Archive for month: November, 2013

Over the past year we have been steadily working to build not only our venue but also our organisation. Starting today is our newest member of staff, Tracey Clarke who joins us 2.5 days a week as our Development Director. With our Artistic Director, Catherine Hemelryk, Tracey will be working with funders, partners and associates to develop and realise NN’s future ambitions. Tracey brings with her a wealth of experience from her time as Director at MK Artworks to Maker Development with the Crafts Council, a part time role she continues to hold as well as joining us. We look forward to you all meeting Tracey over the coming months!

We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded $18 000 AUS by the Australia Council for the Arts to present a solo show by the antipodean artist Tanya Schultz aka Pip & Pop! Tanya has exhibited internationally from Japan to Europe and her project at NN will be complemented with an events programme including manga night’s in NN Café. This will form the first of our Parallel Worlds season in 2014 that will take NN to different planets, uncover alternative pasts, imagine our futures and visit other other Northamptons within Northampton.

We are currently changing over our exhibitions. The next show, our biennial Open Exhibition, launches on 12 December from 6pm and we will also be celebrating our first complete year in our now home of Number Nine so please join us!

NN Café remains open on the first floor so see you there for a cup of something and join the NN Café Facebook page for information events.

You have until 5pm on Sunday 24 November to come and see the exhibition of new work by Susan MacWilliam here at NN. AN ANSWER IS EXPECTED includes neon, stereoscopes, spheres and film on a floating screen in the ground floor gallery. From parapsychology to the researchers of the subject, Susan’s eye for structure and material permeate the show.

Work is continuing on our top floor. The nails have now all been pulled out of the floor boards and old council notice boards are a thing of the past. The next step is to fill all of the holes in the walls, rewire the electrics and fix a few floor boards. After that it’s clearing, cleaning and painting. We are raising money to be able to renovate it more fully in the future – we’ll keep you posted!